Invite - Sonetto

Jessica: Sniffs You smell like something else this time.
Sonetto: Pardon? Well, there's no need to come up so close...
The deer sniffs around the visitor and reaches out to search her.
Jessica: Hmm? Is this a present for me?
She watches Sonetto take out a round, red, sweet-smelling fruit from her pocket.
Jessica: That's what I was talking about.
Sonetto: No. This is a teaching aid for today's lesson. We aren't doing anything too difficult, just a simple test of...
Jessica: Thank you! I like this sun.
Sonetto: Wh-What?
Jessica: This, the sun you brought. It smells delicious.
Sonetto: No, Ms Jessica. This is an apple. It's a crop from the Rose family. In the meantime, the Sun is a star…
Jessica: It's red, round and warm. That's what the sun is like.
Sonetto: Warm ... That's probably because I kept it in my pocket.
Jessica: Nice, I have a delicious sun now!
Sonetto: Please don't consume the teaching aid ... sighs
Sonetto: I will be in touch again soon for future lessons.

Jessica: Sonetto! I'm so happy to see you again!
Sonetto: Good day, Ms. Jessica... Oh! I'm very... Yes, thank you for the passionate welcome. Please ... you can let me go now, we are starting the lesson now.
Jessica: Did you bring another present? What's in this big sack?
In her curious gaze, the young teacher stands by the podium, holding a paper bag in her arms. She clears her throat, and tries to speak in a way that resembles a experienced teacher as much as possible.
Sonetto: Ahem... Before we start, I should emphasize again that this is a cognition class, which is different from other meetings we had in a more casual setting. Given your performance in our last lesson, I believe we should start with the basics.
Sonetto: Ms. Jessica, could you please tell me what this is?
Jessica: This?
Sonetto: Based on what happened last time, it seems that, in the process of recognizing a new object, you are more used to observing the object's color, shape, and temperature and associating them with the things you know.
Sonetto takes a banana out of the paper bag and leaves it on the table.
Sonetto: That's why I would assume that ... you might recognize this as something similar to the moon. However, we all know this is not the actual moon. We need to introduce you to some other ways to identify and categorize a new object, like…

Sonetto: Ms. Jessica? What are you doing here?
Jessica: I'm trying to make a hole in the ceiling, so I can use some fresh air in the room.
Sonetto: This could be dangerous, please do not act on this idea... Our class will begin soon, please...
Jessica: Hmm? You brought a new friend today.
Sonetto: Yes. Given what has happened in the last two times, I have made some adjustments to my teaching strategy.
Kitten: Meow.
Jessica: Hmm, I've never had a friend like this.
Sonetto: This is a cat. An animal that is safer to touch than those arcane creatures.
Sonetto: And they are ... very adorable... That's one of the reasons why people like to keep them around in the house.
Jessica: It smells like plant. Well, more specifically ... like the grass under the sun.
Sonetto: That's right. I'm surprised you would say that.
Sonetto: It smells more like wheat to me. Do you know what wheat is? It's one of the ingredients to make bread... Of course, cat is no material for bread...
Jessica: I know what bread and friends are. Of course you can't eat a friend, so it's not edible.
Sonetto: I'm very glad that you get to understand this!
Sonetto: Seems like the adjustment I made is an effective one. This is good.
Kitten: Meow, meow ...
Sonetto: It's quite tame, compared to the Carbuncles.
Jessica: No, it's ferocious.
Sonetto: Ferocious?
Kitten: Meow ...
Jessica: It has sharp blades in its paws ...
Kitten: angry
Jessica: And beast's teeth in the mouth.
Sonetto: ...!
Uncomfortable with the sudden petting, the kitten shows its teeth and gives a couple of hisses. Then it jumps on top of a high cupboard like a spring.
Jessica: Look at that amazing jump!
Jessica: Oh, that's impressive! An awesome friend from the human world.

Jessica: This is … Oh, I know. It's a book.
Sonetto: Yes, this is a book. People praise books to be the ladder of human progress, and through books humans are able to obtain more insights. Our lesson starts from this book today.
Jessica: Are we going to climb a ladder today?
Sonetto: In terms of knowledge and in a spiritual sense, yes. I can tell that you are a very sensitive and perceptive person, Ms. Jessica. All you need is a systematic method to study and some opportunities to engage new things.
Sonetto: I'm confident that you will have more opportunities after you successfully pass the assessment. Don't worry, Timekeeper ... always keeps her words.
Sonetto: Since we are not allowed to go outside, we can learn through books.
Jessica: Why? This book doesn't have many words.
Jessica: I only see a few words between these blocks ... The blocks look just like what Jennifer used to make!
Sonetto: These are drawings, Ms. Jessica. In fact, they are the same kind of creation that Ms. Blonney has been doing.
Sonetto: When we look at them, we are looking at different corners of the world.
Jessica's fingertips gently swipe across the pages.
Jessica: They are beautiful.
Sonetto: You can ... see the beauty of it?
Sonetto: How amazing. To appreciate a drawing usually takes aesthetic knowledge and life experience... I wouldn't have thought you can...
Sonetto: No, never mind... It seems like you're very talented at this.
Jessica: What about those words in the space between the blocks? They don't seem like stories to me.
Sonetto: These are poems. Most people believe that poems and drawings have a lot in common, and that's why they are always presented next to each other.
Jessica: Are they like Jennifer's stories?
Sonetto: Not exactly, but by definition, yes, they all belong to literature.
Sonetto: Drawings evoke feelings, and people project these feelings into words to create poems. This is a form of writing that possesses an immaterial nature and can pass on feelings unreservedly ...
Sonetto: Well, about that... Mr. Zima used to say that I was overthinking it. He said poems aren't as complicated as I thought …
Jessica: You seem to like them a lot.
Sonetto: Hmm? Me?
Jessica: Yeah. Both your temperature and tone went up when you talked about them.
Sonetto: ...
Jessica: Very funny. Since you like them so much, they must be very interesting!

Sonetto: What is this...?
A piece of paper, slightly wrinkled, is captured in her hand. On that paper writes a strangely rhymed sentence in a kid's handwriting.
Sonetto: Is this ... a poem? Written by you?
Jessica: Yes, it's a present for you, to thank you for bringing me the delicious sun, the boomerang with funny taste, the ferocious new friend ...
Jessica: And spending so much time with me!
Jessica: I hope you enjoy it! I can't make good stuff like Jennifer's works, but I think I know how to write stories like hers.
Jessica: Hmm, as I remember ...